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How can all this be? For the past 8 years there's hasn't been a bit of inflation.............I don't understand......😉
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Yep, know how that was. Made $85 a week, filled a grocery cart full of mostly nice steaks and goodies for less than $25. Recall telling the new bride then, "damn, what are we going to do with all this extra money?" Now just one decent steak costs that much and sure isn't any extra money left over, ever. Did the same thing when I got back from Germany. Walked in with cash, bought a Blackhawk and walked out. $83.50, and the gave me a box of shells! That was Feb '73. We could still order guns by mail then and have 'em sent right to the house. The way things are going I'm glad my end is in sight.
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OK compare prices. Cars / 3000, 30000 now, gas / 25 gal., 2.50 now, houses 12500, 125000 now, wages 2/hr, 20 now, this is an average, kinda. Look at your tax rate now. It is a little more than just 10 times more, as in quite a bit more. But we shouldn't complain, look at all the benefits we get from that. lol. But that's why we reload, to save money. That and have fun. (still the best place on earth , thank God and the veterans )
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There's no inflation
Paid $1600 for my first car, a VW Bug with a sliding canvas top in 1959, bought a house in 1965 for 18,500, put an addition on half the size of the original in 1980 for 24,000, last time it sold it went for 350,000 in 2000. Payments on my 30 year mortgage were 145/month
Bought a new 1100 12 ga shotgun for 165. Could have bought a Browning Superposed for 385 but didn't have the money. Browning A5 was 175, but liked the 1100 better. Was going to fly out to California and hunt ducks with a friend in 1970. Had planned to just take barrel off the 1100 and put the whole thing in my large suitcase. When I was coming back from a meeting in Minneapolis, a kid got on the plane with a rifle which he handed to the stewardess to put in the locker. Rifle wasn't in a case. Not sure whether the bolt was in it or not. Wanted to buy a 22. Dad called a friend at the sporting goods store downtown in Richmond. Took the bus downtown, bought and paid for the rifle (don't remember what it cost - I was under 15 at the time) and brought it home on the city bus. Guess I'm getting old. Alex |
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